《Multinationals＇ Environmental Colonialism： A Case Study of Apple Inc. and China＇s Countermeasures》.pdf

44 FtICIIS M ultinationals，Environmental Colonialism ：ACaseStudyofApple Inc．andChina，sCountermeasures WangJilong(王积龙 ) SchoolofMediaandDesign，ShanghaidiaotongUniversity,Shanghai，China Abstract：MultinationalfirmssuchasAppleInc．haveaccomplishedenvironmenta， colonialism inChinathroughthetransferofecologicalcoststothelocnz environment．ThispaperdiscussesambiguitiesinChina environmentallegislation andsupervision，AppleSbusinessmodet ． and “greenwashing．”Further,wehave identifiedcountermeasuressuchastheencouragingEnvironmentalNon—Governmental Organizations(ENGOs)，streamlininglitigationprocedures，increasingfines，andthe developmentofnonprofitmediaorganizations． Keywords：AppleInc．，environmentcolonialism，copingstrategies JELClassifications：Q56，F23，K32 Environmentalcolonialism referstothe unjustnatureofsuchinternationaldivisionsof transferofenvironmentallyharmfulelements labor．UsingAppleasan exampleofpollution in theindustrialchain from deve1opedto causedinChina，thispaperpresentsanin—depth developingcountriesincapitalflowsthrough discussiononthecausesofandcounterm easures economicglobalization．Takingadvantageof againstenvironmentalcolonialism byWestern localregulatory loopholes．multinationalfirms multinationalITgroups． areabletomaximizetheirprofitswithoutbearing theadditiona】costsofenvironm enta1damage。 ． 1．IndicatiOIlSofApple’s Simplyspeaking，developedcountriesexploit EnvironmentalColonialism in orfreelytransfertheecologicalmanufacturing China coststodevelopingcountriesthroughcapital exports．Comparedwithm ilitaryoccupation， Ap